# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/klaus-welle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:17:58.882Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/klaus-welle"
name: "Klaus Welle"
slug: "klaus-welle"
description: "Klaus Welle is a German politician who served as Secretary General of the European Parliament between 15 March 2009 to 31 December 2022. He was previously Head of the Office of the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering MEP, from January 2007. He succeeded Harald Rømer, a Danish career civil servant, who had reached retirement age. Welle is also an advisor to the Yale University-based transatlantic think tank, European Horizons."
tagline: "German politician, Secretary General of the European Parliament 2009–2022"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Klaus_Welle_Dezember_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1964-07-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.549353333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Welle"
    title: "Klaus Welle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87"
    title: "كلاوس فيله"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87"
    title: "كلاوس فيله"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Welle"
    title: "Klaus Welle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Welle"
    title: "Klaus Welle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Welle"
    title: "Klaus Welle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Welle"
    title: "Klaus Welle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84615"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump